Staunch performance by SWD Rural team

GARDEN ROUTE CRICKET NEWS - The Six Gun Grill SWD Rural team performed soundly during the Cricket South Africa Rural tournament for Coastal provinces held in Oudtshoorn last week.

The team won five out of six matches, only losing against Boland - the eventual tournament winners.

Results:

50-over match:

SWD vs EP Grahamstown (REC Ground)

SWD 202/7 - 50 overs (Shaun Dee Meyer 63, Grant Esau 61, Mesuli Vuba 39, Liam Agnew 2/31) EP GRAHAMSTOWN 117 all out - 31.2 overs (Odwa Xonza 35, Franklin Stuurman 3/41, Bazil George 4/18, Unathi Mbathane 3/15)

SWD won by 85 runs.

SWD vs Border Villages (Bridgton Sports Ground)

SWD 187 all out – 49.4 overs (Levin Muller 72, Bazil George 33, Thabang Sqoko 3/37, Siyabonga Booi 2/35, Luyando Fojela 3/17)

BORDER VILLAGES 64 all out – 27.4 overs (Bazil George 3/9, Geronovan Erasmus 2/13, Mihlali Gcanga 3/24)

SWD won by 123 runs.

T/20 match:

Kei vs SWD (Oudtshoorn High School)

KEI 98/7 – 20 overs (Mawanda Ntshinga 24, Wandile Nciweni 32, Franklin Stuurman 3/20, Mesuli Vuba 2/5)

SWD 102/2 – 8.3 overs (Levin Muller 45, Geon Burns 30)

SWD won by 8 wickets.

EP Midlands vs SWD (Rec Ground)

EP MIDLANDS 120/5 - 20 overs (Denovan Jones 35, Jacques Booysen 50)

SWD 121/5 - 20 overs (Grant Esau 63, Ravin-Lee Kemmies 22, Mc Donald Booysen 2/35)

SWD won by 4 wickets.

SWD vs Boland (Langenhoven Gymnasium)

BOLAND 149/5 - 20 overs (Krisjan Oosthuizen 43, Brendon Erasmus 54, Bazil George 2/8, Mihlali Ganga 2/21)

SWD 138/8 – 20 overs (Geon Burns 40, Grant Esau 36, Raven-Lee Kemmies 27, Warwick Abrahim 3/19, Niel Lochner 2/18)

Boland won by 11 runs.

SWD vs Border Villages (REC Ground)

BORDER VILLAGES 65/8 - 20 overs (Loyiso Mzamo 24, Franklin Stuurman 2/13, Shaun-Dee Meyer 2/6)

SWD 66/3 – 10.5 overs (Grant Esau 25, Sifise Mekute 13/2)

SWD won by 7 wickets.

The SWD team. Back: George Burns, Shaun-Dee Meyer, Grant Esau, Unathi Mbathane, Mihlali Gcanga, Franklin Stuurman, Geronovan Erasmus and Yamkela Xakani. Front: Levin Muller, Bazil-Junior George, Ranwill Claassen (coach), Mesuli Vuba (captain), Joseph Sonti (assistant coach) Roann Bekker and Ravin-Lee Kemmies.